Recent cooperative efforts between the Lucky Peak Nursery, National Forest Admin- 

 istration, and Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station have resulted in 

 substantial improvement in the vigor and quality of planting stock produced, and in the 

 care and methods used for shipping, storing, and planting trees in Region 4. These 

 efforts have raised the level of first-year survival for all species planted in the 

 last 2 years. For Douglas-fir, this careful attention to every detail is absolutely 

 necessary for reasonable success even on the better Douglas-fir sites. 



Habitat type classification efforts are also underway in central Idaho and Montana. 

 Preliminary classifications have been developed and tested, and publications presenting 

 classification systems for Montana and central Idaho are being prepared. Parts of 

 southern Idaho and Utah still need considerable fieldwork before a system can be 

 developed for those areas. 



We must now determine the requirements of Douglas-fir from different geographic 

 areas and different habitats. This work has been initiated by Rehfeldt Cl974a, 1974b) 

 in northern Idaho and western Montana, but needs to be expanded to cover the rest of 

 the Intermountain area. 



We must also begin to develop silviculture prescriptions for major habitat tN'pes. 

 When accompanied by careful attention to operational details, silviculture prescrip- 

 tions aimed at fitting the capabilities of the site to the requirements of the species 

 should attain a high degree of consistency in regeneration of Douglas-fir. 



PUBLICATIONS CITED 



Boe, Kenneth E. 



1955. Western larch and Douglas-fir seed dispersal into clearcuttings . USDA For. 

 Serv., North. Rocky Mt . For. and Range Exp. Stn. Res. Note 129, 2 p. 

 Boyd, R. J. 



1969. Some case histories of natural regeneration in the western white pine type. 

 USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. INT-63, 24 p. Intermt. For. and Range Exp. Stn., 

 Ogden, Utah. 



Daubenmire, R. , and Jean B. Daubenmire. 



1968. Forest vegetation of eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Wash. Agric. 

 Exp. Stn., Wash. State Univ. Tech. Bull. 60, 104 p. 



Dewey, Jerald E. 



1970. Damage to Douglas-fir cones by Chovistoneura ooaidentaZis . J. Econ. Entomol. 

 63:1804-1806. 



Frothingham, E. H. 



1909. Douglas-fir: a study of the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain forms. U.S. 

 Dep. .Agric, For. Serv. Circ. 150, 38 p. 

 Hatch, Charles R., and James E. Lotan. 



1969. Natural regeneration of Douglas- fir in central Montana. USDA For. Serv. 

 Res. Note INT-85, 4 p. Intermt. For. and Range Exp. Stn., Ogden, Utah. 



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